@article{e99a6212fd274c418128c45f60e3043b,
title = "Cryogenic RPWELL a novel charge-readout element for dual-phase argon TPCs: a novel charge-readout element for dual-phase argon TPCs",
abstract = "The first operation of a cryogenic Resistive Plate WELL (RPWELL) detector in the saturated vapor of liquid argon is reported. The RPWELL detector was composed of a Thick Gas Electron Multiplier (THGEM) electrode coupled to a metallic anode via Fe2O3/YSZ ceramics (Fe2O3 in weight equal to 75%), with tunable bulk resistivity in the range 109–1012 Ω·cm. The detector was operated at liquid argon temperature in saturated argon vapor (90 K, 1.2 bar) and characterized in terms of its effective charge gain and stability against discharges. Maximum stable gain of G≈17 was obtained, without discharges. In addition, preliminary results from novel 3D-printed thermoplastic plates doped with carbon nanotubes are presented.",
author = "A. Tesi and S. Leardini and L. Moleri and M. Morales and D. Gonzalez-Diaz and A. Jash and A. Breskin and S. Bressler",
note = "We would like to thank Dr. Yariv Pinto and Matan Divald from the 3D functional and printing center of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem for the production of the CNT-doped 3D-printed materials and Dr. Gregory Leitus from the Department of Chemical Research Support at the Weizmann Institute of Science for the assistance with the materials characterizations. This work was supported by Sir Charles Clore Prize, by the Nella and Leon Benoziyo Center for High Energy Physics, and by CERN-RD51 funds through its {\textquoteleft}common project{\textquoteright} initiative, and by the Pazy foundation. Special thanks go to Martin Kushner Schnur for supporting this research. We acknowledge as well financial support from Xunta de Galicia (Centro singular de investigaci{\'o}n de Galicia, accreditation 2019–2022), and by the “Mar{\'i}a de Maeztu” Units of Excellence program MDM-2016-0692. DGD was supported by the Ram{\'o}n y Cajal program (Spain) under contract number RYC-2015-18820.",
year = "2024",
month = feb,
doi = "https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/19/02/P02019",
language = "الإنجليزيّة",
volume = "19",
journal = "Journal of Instrumentation",
issn = "1748-0221",
publisher = "IOP Publishing Ltd.",
number = "2",
}